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Post# 69190   6/4/2005 at 09:13 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        

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From a basement of a duplex rental house. These were left behind many years ago by some renter that must not of liked them much. They have been sitting for quite a number of years. The lady that bought the duplex wiped them off and took shots to e-mail me.




Post# 69191 , Reply# 1   6/4/2005 at 09:14 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
brought them home last weekend

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Now they are in my garage.

Post# 69192 , Reply# 2   6/4/2005 at 09:15 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
it's an

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1958 TOL model

Post# 69193 , Reply# 3   6/4/2005 at 09:17 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
lighted

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controls

Post# 69194 , Reply# 4   6/4/2005 at 09:18 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
suds saver

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Also

Post# 69195 , Reply# 5   6/4/2005 at 09:21 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
and you can wash...

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Christmas trees in here!! Can't find that setting on the dial however... Anyone know what setting you use for fir trees on a 58 Maytag?

Post# 69196 , Reply# 6   6/4/2005 at 09:22 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
It is very clean inside considering...

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Perhaps the fir branches wipe the old soap scum out of that tub!

Post# 69198 , Reply# 7   6/4/2005 at 09:27 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
And the

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A very rare dryer option for 1958..

Post# 69200 , Reply# 8   6/4/2005 at 09:28 (6,871 days old) by scott55405 ()        

That's just fabulous! Nice find! I never knew they used copper agitator caps. I know you will have years of enjoyment from these!

Post# 69202 , Reply# 9   6/4/2005 at 09:32 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
Hardly any dryer lint!

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The "Never Clean" lint filter close up! See how great that works? If you never clean the screen,you don't need to vent this dryer outside. It works *almost* like a Frigidaire Filtrator dryer.... LOL!!

Post# 69203 , Reply# 10   6/4/2005 at 09:32 (6,871 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Excellen Rick!! Thanks for all the pix of the washer. May I request one or two more of the dryer please? I didn't realize Maytag still had a big handle in the lid of the washer in 1958. Thought tat had gone away by then.

Post# 69204 , Reply# 11   6/4/2005 at 09:35 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
The cabinets

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The tops are in perfect condtion. The cabinets are faded and have a few nicks in them. The dryer is gas,so..... I will have the washer cabinet repainted,and restore the washer.

Post# 69208 , Reply# 12   6/4/2005 at 09:40 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
The dryer will be scrapped

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I will keep the pink top off the dryer,and have my already restored *electric* Maytag dryer cabinet repainted pink,and use the pink dryer top on this dryer. And match the pink washer.

Post# 69209 , Reply# 13   6/4/2005 at 09:44 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
dryer top

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Well.... Dryer top

Post# 69210 , Reply# 14   6/4/2005 at 09:45 (6,871 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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Gorgeous, just gorgeous.

CONGRATS!


Getting fond flash-back of filter in rear of dryer..like the set I grew up with.


Hey Rick, what does the "modern fabrics" button do to modify the cycle? Slow or shorter spin? Auto cold rinse?

Tks,
Steve


Post# 69211 , Reply# 15   6/4/2005 at 09:46 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
Requested dryer pix

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Still in the basement at the rental house

Post# 69212 , Reply# 16   6/4/2005 at 09:53 (6,871 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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The first of the Helical drive with an AMP lid! When you take the front panel off the washer, will you post a picture of the works under her skirt? A little different and interesting from the run-of-the-mill Maytag we all know and love...

Congrats and best of luck with the new set!



Post# 69213 , Reply# 17   6/4/2005 at 09:53 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
Modern fabrics?

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Sorry Steve, I cannot tell you the answer to that. I am sure someone here can though. BTW I still have not got the cabinet back for the 56 Whirlpool dryer (my painter friend has been really busy at the body shop) So the dryer is finished except for the cabinet,and sitting very much in the way in my garage. I will not tear anything else down until the WP dryer is back together. So these Maytags are in *limbo* for now.
Here is a pix of the WP dryer"before"


Post# 69214 , Reply# 18   6/4/2005 at 09:56 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
Whirlpool dryer

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This is how the dryer looks now. Just waiting for the cabinet to be repainted.
Gotta go for now. Lots of work to do today outside!


Post# 69217 , Reply# 19   6/4/2005 at 10:35 (6,871 days old) by frontaloadotmy (the cool gay realm)        
Maytags

A wonderful find rickr

Post# 69218 , Reply# 20   6/4/2005 at 10:53 (6,871 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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Steve, the modern fabrics button was the gentle speed agitation & spin.

Post# 69219 , Reply# 21   6/4/2005 at 11:05 (6,871 days old) by goatfarmer (South Bend, home of Champions)        

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Paging BethAnn!! Paging BethAnn!! Road trip up I69!!

Great set,Rick!!

kennyGF


Post# 69224 , Reply# 22   6/4/2005 at 12:46 (6,871 days old) by maytagbear (N.E. Ohio)        
Oh!

Just lovely, Rick!

Congratulations.


Lawrence/Maytagbear


Post# 69225 , Reply# 23   6/4/2005 at 13:01 (6,871 days old) by westytoploader ()        

Excellent find Rick, YAY for pink TOL appliances!! Nice job on the '56 Whirlpool dryer too!

The washer really looks like the 1957 AMP, IMHO, except for the fact that it's a helical drive. What are the red/black buttons for? I'm assuming you'd use "Modern Fabrics" for fir trees...;-)

So how'd you fit these in the back of the '55?


Post# 69227 , Reply# 24   6/4/2005 at 14:02 (6,871 days old) by golittlesport (California)        

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Great set, Rick! Congratulations! When I saw the first pictures I thought the washer was an AMP also. I like the handle in the lid personally.

Post# 69228 , Reply# 25   6/4/2005 at 14:44 (6,871 days old) by FilterFlo (Chicago Area)        

Hey Rick, You are in the pink!! Sure has been a good couple of weeks for finding pink appliances. What do you suppose those date from? My guess would be about 1958?

Post# 69229 , Reply# 26   6/4/2005 at 15:28 (6,871 days old) by peteski50 (New York)        
Hey! Look what I found.

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Wow Rick,
What a real great find nice to find a matching set like that
Best of Luck!
Peter



Post# 69232 , Reply# 27   6/4/2005 at 16:36 (6,871 days old) by rickr (.)        
found em while not looking for them!! LOL!

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Thank you everyone! I am very happy to find these!

Austin,the red and black buttons turn the panel light on and off. My niece and her husband brought these back from Grand Rapids Michigan for me. They used their 2001 Suburban. Yes I think modern fabrics for fir trees,and regular fabrics for aluminum trees... :)

Greg, I will take detailed photos to post as I tear these down. BTW does the front panel on this come off just by removing the two screws on the front panel,as the newer ones do?

Jimmy, you are, correct these are TOL 1958 models.

Here is a close up of the washer control panel.
Gotta go get cleaned up again. Big date tonight.And someone is taking me to see the new Star Wars movie! :)

BTW, message to Gregm.... I found these Maytags when I wasn't looking for them!!!! LOL!!


Post# 69233 , Reply# 28   6/4/2005 at 16:49 (6,871 days old) by retromom ()        
I love those Maytags!

Rick:

They are just gorgeous! Can't wait to see them in all their perfect pink glory!!

BTW we saw Star Wars a couple of weeks ago. I won't give the story away! Have a fun night! :-)

Venus


Post# 69234 , Reply# 29   6/4/2005 at 17:22 (6,871 days old) by Gyrafoam (Wytheville, VA)        

Oh Rick, those are WONDERFUL!!!!!!!! I can just hear them now with that pump going---ruuuuump,ruuuuuump like an old Norge! Is that flat-top lint filter gold or is it the way the light is hitting it? Some Meguire's cleaner-wax and those will just look beautiful! Please share more pictures when you get them cleaned up!

Post# 69235 , Reply# 30   6/4/2005 at 18:41 (6,871 days old) by fixerman ()        

Rick,
It's been a long time since I worked on one but it seems to me that the top must be loosened before the front can be taken off. Try removing the screws on the bottom of the front to see if it comes off first. If not look for screws on the back top to loosen the top.


Post# 69260 , Reply# 31   6/4/2005 at 22:42 (6,871 days old) by geoffdelp (SAUK RAPIDS)        

Rick ... oh my ... what a find, indeed!! How lucky can a guy get, huh? I love that copper-toned lint filter. Matches the pink so well. Now why would anyone leave something like that behind? I guess they thought they were too "dated" or some such foolishness like that!!



Post# 69293 , Reply# 32   6/5/2005 at 09:15 (6,870 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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IMHO- I have seen people abandon perfectly good machines to get a washer with a "Permanent Press" cycle.


This makes no sense to me when a person uses their dryer for "modern" no-iron fabric. It's the dryer's extended cooldown that de-wrinkles.

Like all plastic articles, polyester clothing (and other "miracle" fibers) is more pliable when warm and less so when cool. The time to fluff out wrinkles is when warm and maintain that into the cooling process.

In effect, then, when machine drying Perma Press items, the Perma Press wash cycle is just a waste of water and time.


As far as PP cycles go.. Whirl-mores were the best (IMHO) with multiple partial drains (that was able to be done due to neutral drains) and fills with cool water. The Norge was nothng more than 4 cold spray rinses while spinning...with the marketing ploy of labeling the spin between wash and rinse on the timer "automatic cool-down".

All washer PP cycles with a cool-down (other than the utility of a slower spin) are USELESS when washing in cold water!


Perhaps another reason washers were abandoned is the desire to get a machine with a larger capacity. However if the dryer does not also "grow" it will not "iron" as well in that the clothing is more cramped in there.


Post# 69294 , Reply# 33   6/5/2005 at 09:24 (6,870 days old) by toggleswitch (New York City, NY)        

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In my prior apt- a co-op- the previous owner had a full-size washer and a compact-portable 110 v dryer. (vented into the room)


30 minute washer load.
120 minute dryer load (1/2 of washer load)
120 minute dryer load (second 1/2 of washer load.)
______

270 minutes. (4.5 hours)

....AND PROBABLY WRINKLED TO H#LL.


I put in a compact washer and a full-size 220v vented dryer

30 minute wash
45 dry
_____________
75 minutes

x two loads (to equal a regular 18 to 20 lb. load)

150 minutes. (2.5 hours)
____________



Moral of the story:

Small dryer, not smart.


Post# 69305 , Reply# 34   6/5/2005 at 12:31 (6,870 days old) by golittlesport (California)        

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I agree, Toggle, that PP cycles were a waste of time unless one didn't have a dryer. Marketing folks in those days made everyone think that if your washer didn't have PP you would have to iron every piece of clothing. I think the best and most efficient treatment of PP items was the Westinghouse Laundromat's regular cycle set with a cold rinse - a complete drenching of the clothes after wash cycle in cold water before the first spin, and a relatively slow spin at that. Then two cold water deep rinses. Much less water and time than Ken-Whirl's drain-fill-drain-fill sequence.

Post# 69306 , Reply# 35   6/5/2005 at 12:41 (6,870 days old) by appnut (TX)        

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The only time now-a-days (I've benn Tom Torboized) I use a "cool-down" is when I'm washing either Perm Press or 100% wrinkle free cotton white long-sleeve dress shirts in hot water. I at least wanna cool them down some before the first spin. Hetties and most other FLers (except Fridgemores) fill with more water and have a medium speed tumble for Perm Press or Normal/Casual cycles and also add more water before the first drain to cool them down more. And since I wash everything on knit/delicate (except towels & jeans), my first spin is alays slow. I switch to regular cycle at the tail end of the rinse so there'a a regular fast spin.

Post# 69312 , Reply# 36   6/5/2005 at 15:43 (6,870 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        
Removing front panel...

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I was just in the turquoise Maytag the other day. Remove the two screws at the bottom and pull the panel toward you until the clips clear the top.



Post# 69313 , Reply# 37   6/5/2005 at 15:53 (6,870 days old) by gansky1 (Omaha, The Home of the TV Dinner!)        

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What model number do you see on that washer?

Post# 69319 , Reply# 38   6/5/2005 at 17:26 (6,870 days old) by laundramatt (Youngstown, Ohio)        

Sppeaking of PP cycles, I have seen women who use the PP cycle on their washer and select cold water for the wash cycle. Isn't that defeating the purpose of the PP cycle?

Post# 69320 , Reply# 39   6/5/2005 at 17:26 (6,870 days old) by rickr (.)        
Model #

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Greg it is a model # 142s
BTW it has a very small wash tub. Grandma had a water bath canner that was larger than tub on this one...LOL!! And the dryer drum is not much bigger,considering how HUGE the dryer cabinet is.
What was up with this anyway? Maytag really never had a large capacity for these models. The setting says: Small/Medium/Regular. I have seen the ones that are marked "large" and they are not much bigger than the regular models.


Post# 69432 , Reply# 40   6/6/2005 at 14:29 (6,869 days old) by rocky2 (Northwest Indiana)        

Great finds Rick. So, that's the secret to finding vinatage appliances... Don't Look for Them. Now I know what I've been doing wrong LOL. Congrats.


Post# 69441 , Reply# 41   6/6/2005 at 16:11 (6,869 days old) by bethann (Indianapolis)        
Just Beautiful!

Can't wait to see them with the new skin!
Ken: Are you kidding me! He would let these go. When I was over there I tried to swipe the jukebox ( failed attempt!)He'd be watching these like a hawk if I was around! LOL



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